Locking device for drawers.



PATENTED AUG. 16, 1904.

A. G. JOHNSON.

LOOKING DEVICE FOR DRAWERS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 20. 1904.

N0 MODEL.

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Patented August 16, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW G. JOHNSON, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.

LOCKING DEVICE FOR DRAWERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 767,411, dated August 16, 1904.

Application filed. May 20, 1904; Serial No. 208,796. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANDREW G. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rockford, in the county of I/Vinnebago and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Looking Devices for Drawers, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to construct a simple and effectual means for locking drawers employed in the make-up of furniture.

The further object of this invention is to so construct the drawers and their locking means that the top of one drawer-and the bottom of the drawer above it will make a close-fitting joint, thereby doing away with the outward appearance of the meeting-rail.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a face representation of a desk containing one tier of drawers embodying my invention and the other tier of drawers constructed in the usual manner. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on dotted line a, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is ahorizontal section on dotted line 6, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a vertical section on dotted line a, Fig. 5. Fig. '5 is an enlarged section on dotted line a, Fig. 1.

The desk shown in the drawings is of the usual construction so far as the top 1 and lefthand tier of drawers 2, employing the meeting-rails 3, are concerned.

My improvements lie in the construction of the right-hand tier of drawers and their supports.

The framework for the right-hand tier of drawers is composed of the vertical sides 4 and 5 and base 6. The sides are connected by cross-bars 7 and lengthwise bars 8. The cross-bars 7 are located some distance back of the front edge of the vertical sides.

The drawers 9 are of the usual construction, with the exception that each has a cut-away portion 10 in the rear wall of the front thereof. Each drawer has a lock provided with a bolt 11 and located with respect to the drawer as in ordinary constructions.

Into the inner face of eachof the cross-bars 7 is turned a screw 12, having a head 13.

In fitting the drawers in place in connection with the framework the lower drawer is fitted to slide in the space for it. The bolt of the lock is projected, and a screw 12 is turned in connection with the cross-bar above the drawer and is turned in until its head comes in contact with the bolt, which will lock the drawer in connection with the woodwork.

- The next upper drawer is fitted into its space,

which will allow the lower face of the front of the drawer to move free of the upper face of the front of the drawer next below it. Another screw is adjusted in the cross-bar above this drawer, with which the bolt of the lock of the drawer engages. By this arrangement it will be seen that the cross-bars do not extend to the face of the drawers, thereby permitting a smooth outward finish.

I claim as my invention The combination of a frame, a series of drawers supported thereby, each drawer being provided with a lock, the lower face of one drawer lying in close proximity to the upper face of the drawer beneath it, a crossbar separating the drawers, and a headed screw supported by the cross-bar, the locking-bolt of the drawer beneath the screw being adapted to engage the screw.

ANDREW G. JOHNSON.

Witnesses:

LOUIS H. JOHNSON, A. O. BEHEL. 

